In travel news this week: airlines sued for selling windowless “window seats,” venomous sea slugs close down a beach in Spain, plus why US influencers are flocking to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Public transport etiquette

“Bare beating” : so amusing in name, so annoying in practice.

We reported back in May on “bare beating,” the growing trend of playing music or video out loud on public transport. A backlash was underway, with an opposition political party in the UK calling for the government to issue fines to offenders.

Now, a major European rail operator, Ireland’s Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), has warned customers that its train inspectors will issue €100 fines for etiquette crimes such as playing music without earphones, vaping and putting bags or feet on seats, The Journal

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